A working notebook
Procurement strategy by trade. Woodworker, rider, builder, and cook in the hours that belong to me.
A catalog of what I’ve built, ridden, cooked, and figured out in the hours that belong to me. Each entry tries to tell the whole journey — the why, the how, what worked, what didn’t, and what it taught me — because the polished result is usually the least interesting part.
Recent entries
A small build to use the offcuts from other projects — and a reminder that the most beautiful wood often comes from the pile you were about to throw away.
“The grain you'd never have paid for is the grain you can't stop looking at.”
Read the caseBuilding the desk I'll spend the next decade working at. Walnut, dovetailed drawers, a deliberately slow build with the joinery cut by hand.
“If it takes a year, it takes a year. The point isn't the desk.”
Read the case ongoingA mobile web app to track medical expenses for HSA reimbursement, because the existing tools either cost too much or want too much access.
Read the case ongoingA ten-day cross-country motorcycle trip that deliberately avoided the interstates, three states, and any day longer than seven hours in the saddle.
“The trip wasn't to get from California to Florida. The trip was the route.”
Read the case